Horseshoe



(No Model.)

A-. W. SMITH.

HORSESHOE.

No. 469,335. Patented Feb. 23, 1892.

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AARON SMITH, OF VVOROESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 469,335, dated February23, 1892.. I

Application filed January 20, 1891- Serial No. 378,437. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AARON W. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing atWVorcester, in the county of Worcester and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Horseshoes,of which the following is a specification.

The aim of this invention is to produce a horseshoe which shall be asuperior article and one which will effectually prevent overreaching andinterfering.

To these ends the invention consists of the shoe described and claimedin this specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a plan of one of the shoes on the near or left foot,and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

In detail, A represents a shoe of any approved form and, as shown, asmooth shoe, although of course the same can be sharpened or providedwith caulks without departing from my invention.

The front of the shoe is curved up, as at O. This is a superiorconstruction by itself, as it prevents the shoe from being knocked fromthe foot and also prevents dirt from working in between the shoe and thehoof.

On the outside limb of the shoe, back of the middle of said limb and atpreferably the back end of the same, is the projection B. Thisprojection is an important point for the reasons that with the same thetread will come squarely on the shoe, and therefore the shoe will lastlonger, as the same wears out evenly, and by causing the horse to treadsquarely on the shoe the last point of the shoe to leave the ground willbe the exact center of the shoe and the shoe will not be rounded over onthe side, as is the case with the ordinary construction. Further, theprojection will cause the feet to move in the proper line, and a carefultest has demonstrated that the projection is almost a sure remedy forinterfering feet. Furthermore, as the projection causes the wear to comeon the exact center of the shoe at the front end, the curving orrounding up of the shoe at this point forms a shoe that will have arolling contact at the point where the same leaves the ground and ofcourse will therefore wear longer; also, it will be seen that the metalis by this construction concentrated at the point where the most wearcomes.

While the shoe is intended, primarily, for the hind feet, it of coursecan be used on the front feet.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A horseshoe of the usual shape, having a projection extendingoutwardly and laterally from the outside edge of the outside limb of theshoe back of the middle of said limb,substantially as described.

-2. A horseshoe of the usual shape,having the curved front portion underthe front edge of the hoof upwardly curved or rolled, and a projectionextending outwardly and laterally from the outside edge of the outsidelimb of the shoe back of the middle of said limb, substantial] y asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

AARON W. SMITH.

Witnesses:

' JAMES J. RAFFERTY,

LOUIS W. SOUTHGATE.

